George Mason Quotes
A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings.
Quotes to Explore
-
Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.
-
Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
-
The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
-
I have said many times that most people work all their life to retire to play golf, while I played golf all my life to retire to work. I enjoy working. It has kept me young and on the move, and I have had a good time with it.
-
Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
-
Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.
-
People say, 'You should let your hair out; you shouldn't be oppressed - you're not in Malaysia anymore. You should show your curves and be proud of it.' But I am proud - it's my choice to cover up my body. I'm not oppressed - I'm free.
-
Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.
-
Once we can do Pixar-quality graphics rendered in real time with interactivity, I could see games costing $200 million to make, and all of a sudden you have to sell a lot of games just to break even, so I'm a little worried someone's going to do that.
-
I don't know how people recognize me.
-
I feel like an alien. I feel people don't like me. People behaved strangely after 'Rockstar.'
-
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
-
A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
-
The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.
-
My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
-
The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
-
It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.
-
No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
-
I'm very close in age to my older brother, and we had a field at the end of the road where we could run around, climb trees, play football.
-
I putt like I did when I was a kid. When you're a kid, you're not scared of anything.
-
Ford had a number of different strategies over the years that they thought obviously made sense at the time, just like all the different brands, and also the regional operations.
-
Rowena: You’ve got the subtlety of a bullfrog.
-
I don't love comedy but I can watch someone who's kind of interesting forever. I think a waitress who's having a bad day is a lot more fun than Robin Williams doing forty minutes of material.
-
A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings.
